Russia struck the city of Lviv in western Ukraine yesterday, killing seven people and damaging historical buildings in a rare attack hundreds of kilometres from the frontline.

Catholics represent fewer than three percent of the population of Indonesia -- about eight million people, compared with the 87 percent, or 242 million, who are Muslim.

Like millions of Russians, Natalia and Igor spent their summer break at home this year, as Western sanctions and travel restrictions shut the country off from most European tourism destinations.

Rivers have dried up, crops have withered and drinking water has been rationed in a part of Italy where agriculture and tourism are crucial, prompting both Sicily and Sardinia to declare a state of emergency.

"This is god's own land," the 92-year-old said, resting at the near-end of a long and hard life.

It blamed Venezuelan authorities and pro-government armed groups known as "colectivos" for killings, arbitrary detentions and harassment of critics following the disputed vote.

Miller said Washington would work "over the coming days" with fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar "to push for a final agreement".

The Islamic State on Tuesday claimed a suicide attack in the Afghan capital that killed six people a day earlier, saying it had targeted the Taliban government’s prosecution service.

At least 12 migrants died yesterday after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that rescue operations were underway to find people still missing. 

India launched a probe Tuesday after 12 applicants for coveted government jobs died during physical tests for posts as excise officers, with commentators saying it illustrated the scale of the country’s unemployment crisis.

Eleven people were killed in China’s eastern Shandong province yesterday after a school bus lost control at a busy pedestrian junction, broadcaster CCTV reported, with disturbing footage showing bodies lying on the road and trapped under the vehicle.

At least 129 people were killed during a weekend prison break attempt at the largest jail in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the interior minister said yesterday.

Rising temperatures should trigger a global “red alert”, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency chief said Wednesday, after global heat indices again smashed records in August.

Indian police killed at least nine Maoist rebels during a gunfight  yesterday, officials said, with security forces still searching the  forest for more remains and weapons.

Thailand has netted more than 1.3 million kilograms of highly destructive blackchin tilapia fish, the government said Tuesday, as it battles to stamp out the invasive species.

At least 41 people were killed and more than 180 wounded yesterday when Russia struck a military institute in the central town of Poltava with two missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, the war’s deadliest single attack so far this year.

Remains defiant amid mounting criticism at home, abroad; 18 more die in Gaza

US President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigned together for the first time Monday, in a public display of teamwork after she replaced him as candidate and revived Democratic election hopes

In North Korea, high-ranking officials in the party, government, and military, as well as diplomats and overseas representatives, make up the core elite supporting the regime

UN experts voiced alarm Monday at a surge in executions in Iran last month that pushed the total in the country so far this year to over 400